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1) Why did you choose this particular recreation and how does it link to your main production? Recreating a Newsnight report links to my main production, as I too intend to   c reate a 3-minute report resembling a Newsnight feature. I chose this school report in particular for my recreation because it goes out on location to gather people's thoughts on the topic of the discussion which is Micheal Gove's school reforms. For my feature, I too intend to go out on location and gather people's opinions as well as provide my own opinion for my Newsnight resembling report.  2) What difficulties did you face in producing this recreation? I struggled to add in my voiceover at first at a sufficient volume. In the end, I managed to add in my voiceover but the volume of it was still a little bit quite. One other difficulty that I faced was with the shooting of the clips; at first, I thought I had enough footage to cover 30 seconds but I fell short when it came to editing because I

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Your Critical Investigation topic:  -- The negative representation of women in Hollywood franchise films such as the Fast and Furious Franchise  Your Linked Production brief:  -- Create a 3 minute report resembling a newsnight feature  Length/size of production (e.g. 3 minutes, 5 pages etc.):  -- 3 minutes Give an example of an existing media text this is similar to what you plan to produce:  News night report -- Goes to different locations  -- Getting multiple people opinions on the issue at hand Give an example of an institution that would produce or distribute your planned production: -- Sky -- BBC -- London Live  How would your production reach its audience? TV broadcast & online distribution Who do you plan to work with on this project? I will be working alone for the linked production 

Name of the text you plan to recreate: -- News Night  Scene/section you will recreate: https://youtu.be/t5AOlLpuUoI?t=98 -- School Report -- Films a class doing circuits  Location you will use for your recreation: -- Filmed in the sports hall -- Music room  Actors you will require for your recreation: -- P.E class (Y9 class)  -- Music class: Younger year groups or a level  Props/costumes you will require for your recreation: -- P.E mats -- Guitar  Equipment you plan to use: -- Tripod -- x1 video camera Any other relevant information: -- For the full linked production a possibility could be to get teachers opinions towards the issue as well. These can be filmed in school and then remaining shots out on location can be filmed afterwards. The issue I am exploring is heavily debated both in Hollywood and in the main stream such as schools; asking teachers for opinions towards the issue would give a wider scope of information  

Introduction  – lay out argument, primary text and any secondary/historical texts. Present your angle/hypothesis. 250 words. Section 1  – F&F7 women being objectified. Textual analysis. 400 words. Section 2  – Is it just women that are objectified? Or do men get objectified too? Does the objectification of the characters both male and female contribute to financial success of films? Perhaps use this to bring in secondary/historical texts. 200 words. Section 3  – Historical text comparison – The Fast and The Furious against F&F7. Historical textual analysis. 300 words. Section 4  – Audience research: effects theory. What impact do these representations have on audiences? Full of quotes/research/examples etc. Wider context/SHEP. 500 words. Section 5  – Hollywood stars and their contributions to this debate (continuing from research above). 250 words. Section 6  – How have representations changed over time? Where might this debate go in future? Is there h

Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction (2 nd Edition) David Gauntlett MEN AND WOMEN TODAY ·          “If there is 'a battle of sexes' who is winning nowadays?” (Page 3) ·          “The sexes today are generally thought to be ‘equal’, to the extent that the cover of Time Magazine wondered if feminism was ‘dead’ in June 1998”.  (Page 3) ·          “A noisy minority argue that feminism has ‘gone too far’ and that it is now men who have the worst deal in society” (Farrell, 2001; Nathanson and Young, 2001, 2006; Hise, 2004; Ellis, 2005). (Page 3) LAURA MULVEY AND THE ‘MALE GAZE’ ·          “ Male viewers identify with the (male) protagonist, and the female characters are the subject of their desiring gaze.” (Page 41) ·          “Female viewers, Mulvey says are also compelled to take the viewpoint of the central (male) character, so that woman are denied a viewpoint of their own and instead participate in the pleasure of men looking at woman. (‘Men